Chapter 32

TRANSLATED BY MYPEN_22

If Sang Yu's words above were not enough to confirm that there was something wrong with the Bujinkan, then what he said below was enough to put the crowd's doubts to rest.

    Sang Yu went on to say, "In addition to that, almost every evening there are some special customers for prostitutes. When these customers arrived inside, the pimp would personally bring them to a room in the backyard and did not look for a girl either." At this point Sang Yu looked at Hua Ling who was listening with a serious face and added "The young male prostitutes were not looked for either."

    Yan Shi rubbed his chin "The backyard is where the girls have always lived, what were they doing there? There must be something there."

    Sang Yu said, "I went to the roof of that room to check, but strangely enough, there was no one inside."

    "Brother, I'm afraid." Hua Ling softly leaned towards Yan Shi, who patted his shoulder, "Don't be afraid, there must be a dark room in this room, not some ghost."

    Jiang Qingyue, who had not said anything, suddenly looked at Yan Shi and said, "Does it mean that in this Night Pavilion--"

    Yan Shi nodded towards him, "Whether or not that's the case, we need to go in as a prostitute and check it out."

    The tacit understanding that Yan Shi and Jiang Qingyue had developed over the years meant that they would understand each other's meaning without having to say it out loud.

    The moment he heard this, Hua Ling instantly became nervous and tugged on Yan Shi's sleeve with both hands, "Brother, are you going in to investigate?"

    Yan Shi really wanted to go in and investigate, after staying in the house for so many days, it was time to go out and do something. Before he could say anything, he heard Jiang Qingyue say, "Your Highness, you can't go.

    When Hua Ling heard this, his grip on Yan Shi's sleeve loosened slightly.

    Although he didn't go out of his house often, he was afraid that everyone in the entire imperial city knew that he was Yan Shi's man.

    He is not allowed to go either, as Yan Shi treats him as a secret guard and cannot appear in front of people easily.

    The only person who can go to the palace is...

    "I can't," Qu Liu Goblet carried a dustpan of herbs and placed it on the herb shelf outside, turning his face to Yan Shi again and saying with a smile, "Your Majesty, it's not that I won't help you, it's just that there's nothing I can do. I have always been clean and have never gone to such places. Although it is for the purpose of investigating a case, it is inevitable that if my intended person finds out about it in future, he or she will not think much of me." As he said this, his eyes intentionally or unintentionally darted towards Jiang Qingyue.

    Hua Ling made a "golden toad" gesture to Qu Liu Goblet when no one was looking.

    Qu Liu Goblet was slightly tempted, but after weighing the pros and cons, he was determined not to go. The golden toad was precious, but love was more valuable.

    Yan Shi also did not want to force others to do so, and turned around to leave the medicine hut.

    "Please stay, Mr. Qingyue," called out Qu Liu Goblet, looking at the figure, "I have something to give you."

    Jiang Qingyue, who was walking at the end, paused slightly and looked at Qu Liu Goblet with a faint frown.

    Qu Liu Goblet took out a small porcelain vase from his pocket and smiled, "I saw that Qing Yue didn't look too good earlier, so I thought it was because I had been thinking too much, so I specially prepared this medicine for Qing Yue to nourish him.

    Jiang Qing Yue's gaze fell slightly on the medicine bottle he was holding in both hands, and then withdrew, with a clear distant look in his eyes "Thank you, but I don't need it."

    With that, he took a step to leave, leaving Qu Liu Goblet with a cold back.

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    The two most resourceful ones were only found by Yan Shi, who only said that they were investigating the case and did not say anything specific. The two are the only ones who can see if there's anything odd inside the brothel, but they went there that night and came to Yan Shi early in the morning, saying that there was nothing odd about it.

    This is what Yan Shi expected. He thought that the secrets hidden in the Pavilion had not been hidden for a day or two, and that they had already taken thorough measures.

    It would be difficult to find out overnight.

    Yan Shi squinted at the sky, the sun was shining and the sky was as blue as a wash. After today, the court would be in session tomorrow, and he wondered how the situation in the court would change in just ten days.

    Although he knows that the secret of the Night Pavilion can't be found out in a day or two, Yan Shi's heart is really anxious.

    In the evening of that day, Yan Shi sent the two magistrates to the Night Pavilion again.

    At night, the lights had been out for a long time, but Yan Shi was tossing and turning, unable to sleep. He lifted his head and looked inside, but Hua Ling seemed to have fallen asleep.

    After thinking about it, Yan Shi decided that he couldn't sleep, so he might as well go out for a walk. After making up his mind, he gingerly got out of bed, found his night clothes and changed into them, then gently pushed open the door and went out of the house.

    If he couldn't go in openly, he would have a look in the dark first.

    Yan Shi used his lightning skills and landed on the roof of a house. As he hurried forward, he was greeted by a sudden, unnoticeable sound of a breaking wind.

    Sang Yu hurriedly withdrew the concealed weapon from his hand, "Your Majesty, what brings you here?"

    In the meantime, Yan Shi had already arrived in front of him, "I couldn't sleep, so I came to take a look, how is it?"

    "Still nothing," Sang Yu led Yan Shi to the roof of a room and gently lifted a tile from the roof, "This is the room."

    Yan Shi closed one eye and looked down, the interior was fully furnished and from the looks of it was an ordinary room. If there was a hidden room inside, they would have seen it no matter what mechanism the person inside had touched. But this wasn't the case. When someone walked from the outer room to the inner room, and when Sang Yu lifted the tile on the roof of the inner room, the person suddenly disappeared.

    "I had been squatting on this side of the outer room, but I still didn't find out where the person had disappeared to." Sang Yu said.

    As he was talking, he heard a crisp beaded curtain, and someone entered this room.

    Yan Shi pointed to the roof of the inner room, and Sang Yu knew what to do and flew over there to lift the tiles and look inside.

    The first person to come in was the old biddy, followed by two men, and when Yan Shi looked at them, he knew them, they were officials of the court.

    When the three men came in, none of them said anything. Yan Shi watched as the pimp led the two men towards the inner room, and waited until he could no longer see them.

    "Did you see them coming?" Yan Shi asked.

    Sang Yu shook his head "I didn't see them."

    Yan Shi's eyebrows knitted slightly, how could this person disappear in this room? It seems that we have to go into the room to find out what is going on, I am afraid that we will not be able to get anything else here.

    Yan Shi said, "We don't need to guard here anymore, let's focus on Zhao Wenju's place."

    After looking at the room for a while, but not seeing anything, Yan Shi also left.

    Yan Shi leapt from the top of this beam to the top of the other beam with ease.

    Suddenly, Yan Shi stopped in his tracks and there was a man standing on the roof in front of him with his hands folded. The outline of the man's figure could not be seen in his broad robe, and his silver mask gave off a cold glow in the moonlight.

    Who else could it be if not the Master of the Ten Directions Sect? What was he doing here? Was he waiting specifically for him?

    "Isn't this the Prince?" It was still the same androgynous voice, dull and with a hint of metallic heft.

    "Master of the Gate, how are you?" Since he couldn't hide, he would have to meet him and see what he wanted to do.

    The Master of the Ten Directions said, "What a coincidence that I have met the Prince here."

    Yan Shi snorted coldly "Sect Master, let's not speak in secret, you are only here to wait for me, right?"

    "Your Highness is really quick to speak, This master likes to deal with people like you. To tell you the truth, I saw everything that Your Majesty did during my nightly trip." The Master of the Ten Square Sect told the story of what Yan Shi had done just now, and then

    He said, "I am waiting here for Your Majesty, precisely to help you."

    "Oh?" Yan Shi raised his eyebrows, "This Prince has not encountered any trouble. Moreover, even if there is any trouble, it has nothing to do with your clan." Yan Shi looked breezy on the surface, but in reality, he was shocked in his heart. He was not weak in martial arts, and Sang Yu was also a top expert in martial arts, but they had not even noticed that someone was watching them from the shadows.

    But the Ten Directions Sect Master acted as if he hadn't heard Yan Shi's words, "If you can't get into the Night Pavilion, why don't you try my Ten Directions Sect's people? There is no reason why the Ten Directions Sect has grown to its present size in just a few years."

    Yan Shi asked "Why should the Sect Master help me?"

    "I have spoken to Your Majesty before, and I would like to do business with you." The Master of the Ten Square Sect said, "Naturally, the Prince has what I want in his hands."

    Yan Shi was curious "I wonder what the Sect Master wants?"

    The Master of the Ten Square Sect said, "Naturally, it is the stuff hidden in the Night Pavilion. If Your Majesty is willing to give me half of that stuff in the future, I will naturally be willing to serve Your Majesty."

    "I'm afraid that if you check who owns the Pavilion of the Night, you will know." Yan Shi laughed lightly, "I think if you want something, wouldn't it be better to go to the owner of the Pavilion of the Night?"

    Yan Shi had an extra eye on the matter, could the master of the Ten Directions Sect be invited by King Ding? This Bu Nian Pavilion was owned by King Ding.

    "Your Majesty has a point," said the Master of the Ten Directions, "it is only because I happened to meet Your Majesty this evening that I mentioned it casually. If the Prince does not want to, I will not force him, but think about it, is it better to have another friend? Or is it better to have another enemy?"